ASSERTIVENESS • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Assertiveness

... his brother by something like an inch. The twins were so small as to seem insignificant; but their meek amiability was an efficient set off against their physical deficiencies. If there was any measure of self-assertiveness between them, it belonged chiefly to Tommy. Though both the little men were kind to Marian, Tommy was her especial friend; and it was he who had watched her as she ran away. The twins were both bachelors; though John had kept company for several years with a young woman of exemplary patience. ...

— The Golden Shoemaker - or 'Cobbler' Horn • J. W. Keyworth